10.5.68
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.68
प्रतिकर्षो वा नित्यार्थेनाग्रस्य तदसंयोगात्
pratikarṣo vā nityārthenāgrasya tadasaṃyogāt
The line
A compound: toward, against, and karṣa (कर्ष) or, of nityārthenāgra (नित्यार्थेनाग्र), because of a compound: tada (तद), and conjunction.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: prati-karṣaḥ (प्रति-कर्षः) + vā (वा) + nityārthenāgrasya (नित्यार्थेनाग्रस्य) + tada-saṃyogāt (तद-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-karṣaḥ (प्रति-कर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and karṣa (कर्ष). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| nityārthenāgrasya (नित्यार्थेनाग्रस्य) | genitive singular | nityārthenāgra (नित्यार्थेनाग्र) |
| tada-saṃyogāt (तद-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: tada (तद), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prati-karṣaḥ (प्रति-कर्षः) is a compound: toward, against, and karṣa (कर्ष). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pratikarṣo (प्रतिकर्षो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
nityārthenāgrasya (नित्यार्थेनाग्रस्य) is nityārthenāgra (नित्यार्थेनाग्र). It stands as genitive singular. tada-saṃyogāt (तद-संयोगात्) is a compound: tada (तद), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nityārthenāgrasya (नित्यार्थेनाग्रस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratikarṣo (प्रतिकर्षो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-karṣaḥ (प्रति-कर्षः) and nityārthenāgrasya (नित्यार्थेनाग्रस्य).
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